Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-08
THE NATION.
William Henry Harrison Ross, ex-gove

y covered in Rock Elm Creek, Wis.
n Eviction of striking miners in the Pitts
r burg region commenced on the 2sth ult.
: Jake Sharp, the New York boodler nov
b In the Tombs awaiting trial. is said TO be
]. dying.
5 President and Mrs. Cleveland will attend
the centennial celebration at Clinton, n.
D Y, on the 18th inst
The coinage of the minis during June
} aggregated s4,337, SOP, of which 81, 1856. 90
was in standard dollars
/ ElIzabethtown, Ky, had 100000 fire
} the other night, started by the explosion
of lamp in drug store.
William j. Williams, treasurer of Jeren-
auld county. ID. T.. is missing and so are
5000 of the county's funds
Fire at Watertown, Wis, destroyed the
Chicago, Milwaukee a. St Paul rolling
mills, entalng loss of sl50O0O
MIR. Chas. NJ Hayes has been appointed
TO succeed Col. Talmage. deceased as esa
eral manager Of the Western Wabash.
An effort is being made TO make Vera
Cruz a free port OF entry as a means of
overcoming American competition in
Mexico.
Three men were instantly killed and
several others severely injured by a DOW
der mill explosion at Wayne, n. j., on the
18th ult.
james Madison Barrett has been ap
/ pointed private clerk for Gen. Sherman,
under the authority conferred by the last
congress
Inc efforts TO rescue the six miners re
naming entombed in the Gould a. Curry
mine at Virginia City, have SO far been
unavaiiing.
The temporary flooring in the Concordia
church at Rockport, n. Y. gave WAY the
the other day and 20 persons were injured
one fatally.
A. A. Talmage vice president and gen
eral manager of the Wabash Western rail
way, died in his private ear near Peru,
Ind, on the 18th ult
Yellow fever is making rapid strides at
hey West, Florida. The scourge is beyond |
the control of the authorities, and serious |
apprehension is felt.
Henry l.. Snyder, chief engineer of the |
navy, and superintendent of the state
war and navy department building, died
IN Washington on the 3Oth ult.
An excavation for pile for the South
Shore railroad bridge three miles from
Columbus Ohio, caved in the other morn.
ing crushing six men to death
The Usage City water company has been
organized in Usage City, Kan The pur
pose OF the organization is TO assist agri-
culture in that city and vicinity
IL Is rumored that the supreme court of
Illinois will decide in favor OF a new triai
for the anarchists. Prominent men of
that city neither confirm or deny the re-
port.
Returns from several thousand local as
>emblies OF the knights Of labor show that
the new constitution and the national
lrade assembly clause have both been
adopted.
he wages question among the iron
workers : as far from settlement as
ever. The manufacturers say they will {
nut down before they will pay the 10 per
'ent demanded. q
Robert q. Lydston. a 17-year old boy of
rhicago, shot himself through the heart
he other day, dying instantly. He had :,
peculated with his employers money !,
md lost heavily
Jake Sharp, the New York "boodler"
las been found guilty, the jury requiring :
'ut 10 minutes in which to find verdict :
he verdict is accompanied by a recon
uendation for mercy
Later reports state that the loss caused
y the burning Of Marshfeld, Wis, is not :,
ess than S3,OOO,O 900. Only one house of the ! .
l-fated village escaped unscathed. MANY l.
the unfortunate citizens are suffering .
Or want of clothing -
Bishop James A. Shorter OF the Ameri
an Methodist Episcopal church. having y
barge of the work in South Carolina and :.
eorgia, died suddenly of heart disease nj -
is home at Wherefore, near Xenia. O.. "
| the 10Th year of his age of
Jack Hay, the murderer Of Pbillin MueI- TO
II, whose case has been in the courts in Ia
[. Louis, Mo. for six years, and who was We
nder sentence 20 be hanged Friday. july
has been declared insane, and ordered
be forwarded to the insane asylum.
The contract for the construction Of the "a
ed River Valley railroad from Winnipeg %
fembina has been signed and work will ~
mmence at once. Government bonds y"
r sLO0OOO were negotiated through .i'
cal brokers. There il great enthusiasm 70
the city over the results re
During the month Of June the circula sa'
IN OF standard silver dollars increased io-
I, GS7, and the gold holdings OF the treas. an
y increased s207, s96 The increase of th'
yer circulation during the year was .n'
$4,000, and the increase in the gold 'o'
ldings during the same time was s27,- On
ZOO bes
Word from Ration, n. NJ, is to the effect W. Wn
At the settlers talk of fighting if they $50
d themselves unable otherwise 70 retain int
Fir holdings on the Maxwell land grant det
ely have called a public meeting to pro. ;07
{ against the decision OF the supreme for
art confirming the grant ''in the inter So
OF the public land thieves" as tho call s siS
IDS.
'orthern capitalists are rapidly acauir-
all the pine lands in Southern Alabama
Il are still owned by the government. yer
that can be had for 81 % an acre. Elihu cen
VIM. Jackson Of Maryland, have Just the
chased 10000 acres of finely timbered era
d in one tract in Covington county and GA
100 acres were bought by another partv NoV